The Facts
On September 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that artist Sarah Crowner will create the décor for 'Pastoral', a performance at the Barbican Theatre in London, featuring choreography by Pam Tanowitz and a score by Caroline Shaw. The performance reinterprets Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, with Tanowitz first setting dance to the symphony, then replacing the music with silence and a new commission by Shaw. Crowner's 'cut & stitch' abstract canvases will form the stage design. Separately, Crowner's work is featured in 'Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan' at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami, which includes Crowner's bronze sculptures and Adnan's ceramic mural and photographs.
The Signal
The dual presentation underscores Crowner's expanding interdisciplinary practice, bridging visual art and performance. For collectors, the Bass Museum exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see Crowner's work in dialogue with Etel Adnan, a significant figure in abstraction, while the Barbican commission signals Crowner's growing institutional presence in Europe. The collaboration with Tanowitz and Shaw also highlights the gallery's strategy of positioning its artists within cross-disciplinary contexts.
- Artists: Sarah Crowner, Etel Adnan
- People: Pam Tanowitz, Caroline Shaw
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler
- Museums: Bass Museum of Art
- Locations: London, Miami
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